Evaluation of physical therapy in parkinsonian patients with freezing of gait: A pilot study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Brichetto, G ^a   Pelosin, E ^a   Marchese, R ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32644480089     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215506cr913oa     Document Type: Article

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